Aishwarya’s busy schedule leaves Vipul Shah in a jittery state!

Spicezee Bureau

Mumbai: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s extended commitments are giving filmmaker Vipul Shah sleepless nights! According to latest B-town news, Aishwarya’s extended shoot schedule for Mani Ratnam’s ‘Ravana’ is delaying Vipul Shah’s ‘Action Replay.’ Buzz has it that Vipul Shah needs to shoot three songs with Aishwarya for ‘Action Replay’, reportedly a Hindi remake of Hollywood flick ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.’ However, with Aishwarya being busy with ‘Ravana,’ poor Vipul has no option but to postpone the release his movie. When Vipul Shah was enquired by a news daily about the delay in the shooting of ‘Action Replay,’ the director confirmed the news and said, “Yes, what you have heard is true. I need about a fortnight from Aishwarya to shoot the three songs. I’m sure she’s as eager to complete the film as I am. Unfortunately, ‘Ravana’ has taken far more of her time than she had expected. Besides, she is also shooting for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Guzaarish,’ so I have no option, but to wait.” With both the lead actors of ‘Action Replay’ (Aishwarya and Akshay Kumar) tied-up with another project, the director is facing tough time in coordinating their dates. “Both Aishwarya and Akshay are very professional. We’ll soon sort out the dates and as Akshay is also the co-producer of ‘Action Replay,’ he has an added incentive to give me his dates,” Vipul said. Shah further said, “I will only be able to release ‘Action Replay’ next year. I had initially planned the release in October, which was later pushed to December first week. But now I don’t want to release ‘Action Replay’ in December even though I am sure it’ll be complete by then.” However, the director elucidated on what prompted such a change, saying, “I can’t release my film just a week after Akshay’s ‘De Dana Dan,’ which releases on November 27. There’s no way we can have two Akshay starrers in two weeks. Another reason for the delay in ‘Action Replay’ is that my film ‘London Dreams’ releases on October 30.”